The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-23
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

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Important Measures Acted on In tho Senate
N and House.
Specia! Correspondence 9fthc ln.ellioenctr.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. 2l.-The
Senate to-day passed tho following bills:
House Bill No. 4, amending the law gov
erning the fees Of olllcers in certain coun-
ties; House Bill No. 2, authorizing the
employment Of stenographers in tho
courts; Senate Bill No. 1Sl, amending the
law concerning commissions of aherifIs :
House Bill No. IS, o bill to amend and re.
enact section !, Of chapter 10, OF The
Code Of West Virginia, in relation to
licensing attorneys.at-law; Senate Bill No.
o., bill to amend and re-snact section 6,
Of chapter Is, Of the Acts OF 1885, entitled
an act relating to corporations, for The
mutual reliei and protection OF their mem.
bers insurinR lives on tho assessment plan,
Senate Bill No. 70 was also passed. It
amends the law concerning the Normal
Schools. =
On motion Of Mr.. Brown the Public
Printer was instructed to furnish to each
Senator five copies OF the report Of the
special committee to investigate tho Peni.
tertiary. lM Il
The Senate adjourned at s r, NJ, to al.
low the Senate chamber to be arranged
for the complimentary ball given by c;ti.
zens TO the members Of the Legislature.
Housg rRocEEDlNos.
In the House Mr.. Yeager, from the
Committee on Roads, reported that the
Committee regarded it inexpedient 10 leg.
islats at this time for the employment Of
convict labor on the public roads.
Mr.. Reynolds reported from the Com
mlttee on Claims and Grievances TINT the
following officers Of the One Hundred and
Thirty-third Regiment Of West Virginia
militia had served the time reported and
only received pay as privates, and that
they are Justly entitled to tho balances
herein named: a[E3.
Major Ezra Y. Morgan, months. 6davs.....s $50 40
captain Gould, 10 months, % 748 70
Fist Lieutenant Geyer, Is months. 1G days. Gs5 Is
Second Lieutenant AcAyoy, months, s days l0i 81
Referred to the Finance Committee,
House Bill No. 204, authorizing courts
to sentence persons convicted OF misdo.
meRnora to work on the roads or other
public works till tho fine is paid, was cut
ell to pieces with amendments and then
indefinitely postponed. NJ
The bill creating commission to select
physiology to be used in teaching the
effects Of alcohol on the human system,
was amended till the proposed amend
ment numbered 81 persons, and then in
definitely postponed. 1
Onmotion Of Mr.. Rosebsrry, the Speaker
Was directed to- appoint a committee of
three to examine and report as to the
safety OF the floor Of the House. Speaker
Rowan named as Guch committee MesB,s
Roseberry, Sturm and McWhorter. The
committee at once made the examination
and subsequently, reported that the floor
was perfectly safe and it would be impos-
aible to overcrowd it. = 2
Senate Bill No. Is was passed. 1t ensc.a
that II person wiliully interrupt, molest
or disturb any free school or other school,
literary society or any other society formed
for intellectual. social or moral improve
nent, organized or carried on, under or in
pursuance Of the laws OF this State, or any
Sunday fchcol, or other school, or school
exhibition, or any society lawfully carried
on, he shall be guilty Of miademeanor,
and fined not lees than ten, nor more than
| fifty dollars, and at the discretion OF the
court, be confined in the Jail Of the county
not more than thirty days. .ss'I
Also Senate Bill No. GO, creating Inde-
pendent School District Of Fayetteville, in
Fayette county; Senate Bill No. 81, relat.
ing to the government Of the Penitentiary !;
Senate Bill No. 20. concerning the Rala nj
land for delinquent taxes; Senate Bill No.
l02. to relieve certain corporations from
forfeiture or cessation OF their corporate
rights and privileges; Senate Bill No. SO,
enacting that no foe Ghall be collected by
distress after FIVE years; Senate Bill No. /,
lor the Incorporation Of savings banks
Senate Bill No. II, repeating sections G3
and 81 Of chapter Llv Of the Code, con.
corning joint stock companies without
special charters.